Many people are interested in how to decorate a door with their own hands.with your hands. There are many ways of decorating that will help transform old doors beyond recognition. You can complement the composition with volumetric decorative elements, use the decoupage technique, make an imitation of stained glass on glass. Everything will depend only on your imagination and capabilities.
A variety of door decoration options will help create a sense of coziness and individuality in the room's interior.
How to decorate a door with mosaic made of improvised materials
You will need:
- buckwheat (eggshell);
- PVA building adhesive;
- stencil;
- building scotch;
- primer;
- acrylic lacquer;
- black and gold acrylic colors.
Painting a door using a stencil isthe cheapest and fastest way to decorate. Door decoration can be made from such improvised materials as buckwheat and eggshells. This is a kind of mosaic that will help decorate the door with minimal costs, without using complex technologies. First of all, you need to choose an interesting pattern, the easiest way is to buy a ready-made stencil. But you can also do with construction tape, for example, if you want to make a mosaic in the form of even stripes or squares. First, you need to prepare the surface: degrease the doors with a detergent or alcohol solution, then apply a primer to improve adhesion. After the primer dries, you need to glue the stencil with masking tape. Next, apply a thick layer of PVA glue (it is better to use construction glue, since stationery may be of worse quality), then pour buckwheat so that there are no gaps, distribute the material with your fingers.
Before starting any decorating work,The door must be washed and degreased. The work is left for a day until the glue dries completely. Then the buckwheat decoration is covered with black acrylic paint and allowed to dry. Then take a foam sponge, dip it in gold acrylic paint, and remove the excess with paper. It is important that the sponge remains semi-dry and is not completely saturated with paint, since the main task is to slightly shade the black color with gold, and not to paint the ornament. Gold acrylic is applied with light patting movements. The result is fixed with acrylic varnish. Eggshells are glued a little differently. After applying the glue, take a large piece of the shell, apply it to the surface, and then gently press it with your hand. Under the influence of your fingers, the shell cracks and an interesting crackle is obtained. It is important that the shell is clean and dry (without a white film inside). Egg crackle is left until the PVA completely dries, then painted in any color you like. Then take a gold or silver marker and draw all the cracks. The work is covered with acrylic varnish. Decorations in the form of patterns made of buckwheat or egg crackle look very original. Your guests will not be able to determine at first glance what exactly the door was decorated with. Return to contents</a>
Door Decoration in Decoupage Technique
To decoupage the door, you need to use three-layer napkins with the desired pattern. You will need:
- paper napkins with a pattern;
- clerical file;
- acrylic paints;
- PVA glue;
- parquet acrylic lacquer;
- soft brush;
- sandpaper with fine grain;
- acrylic putty;
- priming.
The first thing you need to do is prepare the surface.doors: remove the old coating, prime, then paint white or beige, sand with sandpaper. It is best to take as a basis the shade that is present on the background of the napkin motif. In this case, the transition from the pattern to the main background will not be visible. Next, you need to separate the napkin: remove the 2 lower white layers. You should only have a layer with a pattern left. Tear out the pattern with your hands, stepping back 1-2 cm from the edges. Never cut out the pattern with scissors, otherwise you will not be able to neatly hide the borders and instead of decoupage you will get a bad applique.
Tools for painting doors.Place the stationery file on a flat surface, with the torn napkin motif on top (face down). Fill a spray bottle with warm salted water, spray the napkin generously, you should get a good puddle. Carefully straighten the folds, drain the water from the file, apply it to the door, gently iron the top with a rag, lift the tip of the file, remove it. After about 2 minutes, take a soft synthetic brush (preferably a fan brush), coat the pattern with PVA glue, leave until completely dry. The file technique allows you to glue the napkin in such a way that it literally merges with the surface, without forming any folds. After the motif has dried, cover it with acrylic varnish. Then apply acrylic putty along the edges (in a thin layer). This is done in order to make the transition invisible. Let the putty dry, then sand it with fine sandpaper soaked in water, paint the background with acrylic paints, draw in the shadows. Cover the fragment with a layer of acrylic varnish, after it dries, go over it with sandpaper, wipe off the dust with a damp cloth, and cover it with varnish again. Repeat the operation until you achieve the desired result. Usually 3-5 layers are enough, but you need to be careful, since some varnishes can become cloudy when applied in multiple layers. Return to the table of contents</a>
Imitation of a stained glass window on a glass door
You will need:
- paints on glass;
- contour or stained-glass tape;
- sharp knife;
- alcohol solution;
- sheet of Whatman and pencil;
- soft artistic brushes.
The first thing you need to do is remove the glass from the door,degrease it with an alcohol solution. Draw a sketch of the future stained glass on a sheet of Whatman paper, place it on the table, and place the glass on top so that it remains motionless during work. In this case, it is easiest to use a special stained glass tape with an adhesive base; it is glued along the contour of each fragment of the drawing. The edges of the tape are cut at an angle using a sharp stationery knife. If you were unable to find such material on sale, you can use a special glass contour (sold in different colors). Before you get down to business, you need to practice on some unnecessary glass to learn how to squeeze out stripes of the same thickness. Hold the contour at a slight angle, try to press on the tube evenly. If in some place you did not get it very even, then after the contour dries, you can correct the errors using a sharp knife or blade. Leave the work for a day, then start painting the elements. Glass paints can be regular and baked, the latter are not suitable in this case, it is better to buy simple ones. Stained glass paints have a translucent texture, so in order to achieve a brighter shade, they are applied several times with mandatory intermediate drying of each layer. Shades can be mixed with each other. Stained glass paints are quite durable, so they do not need to be varnished. After the stained glass has dried, install the glass in the door leaf. It is not so difficult if you use the interesting ideas outlined above and familiarize yourself with the detailed technology.
